8 Responses to “The problem with worry”

I totally agree with this. Worrying is a killer. It causes many health problems like high blood pressure, gastrointestinal problems and nerve problems and depression. I watched my fathers health decline for many years because he worried all the time. His complexion stayed ruddy and his blood pressure stayed up because he worried all the time.

I have inherited his worrying unfortunately, but I’ve gotten better by just trying to live for the day and not worrying about tomorrow and worrying about the past is useless, because what is done is done and we can’t go back and change it.

Most of the time we worry about things that will never happen. What is the use in that? I think we also can make things happen by worrying and that isn’t good. Live for today and forget the past. The future will take care of itself.

I’ve spent the majority of my life worrying about so many things that I couldn’t enjoy the day I was in.

My parents were extreme worriers so it’s not too hard to figure out that I would end up having this habit too. It has caused me to either feel totally paralysed, unable to make a decision, or making very bad choices because I didn’t know what was the right thing to do.

I know realistically that I need to learn how to stop worrying quite so much. I’ve given up on so much in my life because I was worrying about what other people would think instead of doing what would be right for me.

Stress for me is a very bad thing since I actually end up getting physically ill when I worry too much. If I could learn how to let go of the past I know my life would be so much better for it!

Thanks Randy. Yes we tend to follow in our parents’ footsteps. It’s easy for a child to pick up on a parent’s worry. We learn through our parents. I think it’s also in the jeans.

Like you, I used to worry what other people thought, but came to realise when I was in my thirties, I was making myself more miserable. Unfortunately stress and worry are the biggest reasons why we get ill.

Holding on to the past makes us worry more. The past is something we should all learn to let go of.

What you’re describing here, I would do as a child but eventually learned to grow out of it. Every now again if I’m dealing with a lot and I can’t resolve a problem that really worries me, that problem does tend to get bigger in my head.

As long as we don’t talk ourselves into that worry, I believe that worry should dissipate without too much of a problem.

Yes once we go down the road of thinking negative thoughts through worry, it’s very difficult to turn that around.

I usually let go of the things I can’t control and deal with the things I can so they don’t turn in to a concern or worry, but I do get caught out myself every now and again, particularly if I hear bad news or I have too many things to deal with.

I’m positive by nature and will always look for the positive in everything.